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EDWARD S. KIRST, OF BLACK EARTH, WISCONSIN.

PAD-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,338, dated February 28, 1882.

' Application filed January 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LIEDWARD S. KIRST, a citizen of the United States, resident at Black Earth, in the county of Dane and State of Wiscousin, have invented a new and valuable ImprovementinPad-Presses; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, refefence being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. v

Figure l of the drawingsis a representation of a plan view of my device, and Fig 2 is a longitudinal section through one of the pro jections.

This invention has relation to devices for forming harness-pads; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the press-plate, cast with the inclined, longitudinal, rounded, and perforated pad, forming projections 011 its upper surface, the pivoted elongated pressure loop or band fitting around the head and sides of each projection, the fastening-bridges, and clamp-screws, all as hereinafter set forth. 1

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the press-plate, which is cast with the inclined rounded projections B. Each of these projections rises gradually from the level of the plate at one end, and when its highest point is reached at the other end descends by a vertical, or nearly vertical, wall, a, to the level of the plate. The side walls, b, of each projection arevertical, or nearly so, and the sides and end wall merge into the back 0 by rounded corners d, as indicated in the drawings, it being designed that the projection B shall have the form of the pad which is required. Through the upper portion or back, 0, of each projection air-holes e are made, which communicate with the hollows or air-chambers g under the projections.

At the end of the plate A nearest the lower portions or feet of the inclined projections lugs K are formed, which are perforated at h to receive the pivot-rods l, which pass through the pivot-holes min the ends or arms 0 of the elongated band-loops D, which extend from the pivotal portion around the sides and head of each projection B at a little distance therefrom, to provide for theintervening thickness of leather which is to form the pad. At the other end of the press-plate, opposite and near the head of each projection B, is formed 2. lug, E, having a notch, a, in its top to receive a bridge-fastening, F, which extends over the end of the band-loop at v, and is secured by means of a clamp-screw, s, which engages a M threaded hole, 2, in the press-plate.

The leather is placed over the projection B, and is pressed down around the same by means of the band-loop D, the end of which is then fastened down, securing the edges of the leather around the projection and keeping it tightly-strained over the pad-forming projection until it becomes set in form.

The perforations in the projections are designed to let the air through to prevent the leather from sticking to the projections on account of the suction.

of two witnesses.

EDWARD S. KIRST.

Witnesses WILLIAM AYLWARD, ARTHUR MANWARING. 

